Multimeric recombinant M2e protein-based ELISA: a significant improvement in differentiating avian influenza infected chickens from vaccinated ones.

Killed avian influenza virus (AIV) vaccines have been used to control H5N1 infections in countries where the virus is endemic. Distinguishing vaccinated from naturally infected birds (DIVA) in such situations however, has become a major challenge. Recently, we introduced the recombinant ectodomain o...

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Main Authors: Farshid Hadifar, Jagoda Ignjatovic, Simson Tarigan, Risa Indriani, Esmaeil Ebrahimie, Noor Haliza Hasan, Andrea McWhorter, Sophie Putland, Abdulghaffar Ownagh, Farhid Hemmatzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4199618?pdf=render